{"id":173262,"date":"2026-02-17T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=173262"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:00:05","slug":"mizunos-artificial-turf-made-with-kaneka-biodegradable-polymer-green-planet-adopted-for-the-first-time-at-vantelin-dome-nagoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/mizunos-artificial-turf-made-with-kaneka-biodegradable-polymer-green-planet-adopted-for-the-first-time-at-vantelin-dome-nagoya\/","title":{"rendered":"Mizuno\u2019s Artificial Turf Made with KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet\u2122 Adopted for the First Time at Vantelin Dome Nagoya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Warning zone at Vantelin Dome Nagoya
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Kaneka Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazuhiko Fujii) announces that biodegradable artificial turf made with KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet\u2122, jointly developed with Mizuno Corporation (Headquarters: Osaka; President: Akito Mizuno; hereinafter \u201cMizuno\u201d), has been adopted for the warning zone at Vantelin Dome Nagoya. This marks the world\u2019s first use of biodegradable artificial turf made with Green Planet in this application (*1)<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green Planet is a 100% biomass-derived biodegradable polymer developed by Kaneka based on our desire to provide environmentally friendly solutions that do not depend on petroleum resources. Due to its biodegradability into CO2<\/sub> and water by microorganisms living in soil and seawater, it can contribute to solving the problem of marine plastic pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artificial turf can break down into fragments that can unintentionally flow into the ocean and become microplastics, harming marine ecosystems. This is a growing concern. To address this issue, Kaneka worked with Mizuno, which has extensive technical expertise in artificial turf, to jointly develop biodegradable artificial turf for indoor sports in June 2025 (*2)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Installed artificial turf using Green Planet
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This product offers a texture similar to that of conventional artificial turf while maintaining high durability. More than 90% of the resin used in the turf blades is derived from biomass, enabling a reduction in CO\u2082\u00a0emissions compared with petroleum-based artificial turf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the renovation of Vantelin Dome Nagoya, the home stadium of the Chunichi Dragons, Nagoya Dome Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nagoya; President: Uichiro Oshima) has decided to adopt Mizuno\u2019s artificial turf made with Green Planet for the stadium\u2019s warning zone. In addition to its biodegradability and biomass-based characteristics, the product was highly evaluated for its safety for play, durability, and cushioning performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on our mission of KANEKA thinks \u201cWellness First\u201d, Kaneka provides value globally as a solution provider. Based on the development of technologies and applications using our proprietary polymer technology and biotechnology, we will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by promoting Green Planet on a global scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(*1)<\/sup>As marine biodegradable artificial turf blades using Green Planet. Based on research by Kaneka<\/sub>
(*2)<\/sup>News Release June 10, 2025<\/sub>
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KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet Used for Artificial Turf Blades and Filler Jointly Developed for Indoor Sports with Mizuno: https:\/\/www.kaneka.co.jp\/en\/topics\/news\/2025\/ennr2506101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kaneka Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazuhiko Fujii) announces that biodegradable artificial turf made with KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet\u2122, jointly developed with Mizuno Corporation (Headquarters: Osaka; President: Akito Mizuno; hereinafter \u201cMizuno\u201d), has been adopted for the warning zone at Vantelin Dome Nagoya. This marks the world\u2019s first use of biodegradable artificial turf made with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":173278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"This product offers a texture similar to that of conventional artificial turf while maintaining high durability. More than 90% of the resin used in the turf blades is derived from biomass, enabling a reduction in CO\u2082\u00a0emissions compared with petroleum-based artificial turf","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[20577,11270,5842],"supplier":[9324,27513],"class_list":["post-173262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-artificialturf","tag-biodegradability","tag-biomass","supplier-kaneka-corporation","supplier-mizuno-corporation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173262"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=173262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}